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type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal utility districts: elections."
description: "The Municipal Utility District Act governs the formation and governance of a municipal utility district. The act requires specified districts to increase the number of directors on the district board from 5 to 7, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 408"
citation: "California AB 408 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal utility districts: elections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71af9063-805a-437b-96fd-f1a92efc1c97"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB408"
source_hash: "b737e5bc52ed98bc8d60b93ee24f4eaa15e5b1bc4238441cdfe3c1d197b23d72"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 408 (20132014) — Municipal utility districts: elections.
The Municipal Utility District Act governs the formation and governance of a municipal utility district. The act requires specified districts to increase the number of directors on the district board from 5 to 7, as provided.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/15/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB408&version=20130AB40899INT)
2. **04/15/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB408&version=20130AB40898AMD)
3. **08/16/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB408&version=20130AB40896CHP)
4. **AB408** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB408)
5. **08/08/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB408&version=20130AB40897ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **50** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **70** (pass) · lower
- AB 408 BONTA Consent Calendar Second Day — **700** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB408 Bonta By DeSaulnier — **330** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Elections and Redistricting. — **90** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bonta — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1477.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1695.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:40 p.m.
- **2013-08-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 108, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71af9063-805a-437b-96fd-f1a92efc1c97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).